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Roger Federer once again bounced back after losing the first set, rallying to beat Andy Murray 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 Tuesday at the ATP World Tour Finals in London and ensuring he will have the year-end No. 1 ranking for the fifth time. Federer dominated Murray, from Scotland, in the final two sets, finally controlling play from his serve and also getting his forehand on target. Federer, who has two wins from two matches in Group A and is favored to reach the semifinals at the season-ending tournament, still has to play Juan Martin del Potro in the round-robin stage. Del Potro beat Federer in the U.S. Open final. In other match, Juan Martin del Potro held on to beat Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1) Tuesday in his second round-robin match of the ATP World Tour Finals.The fifth-ranked Argentine rebounded from his opening loss to Andy Murray at the season-ending tournament, trading powerful forehands and accurate backhands with Verdasco throughout the match. But Del Potro did waste two match points in the third set before winning in the tiebreaker.Del Potro likely will have to beat Roger Federer on Thursday in his final match of the round-robin phase to advance to the semifinals. Verdasco, with two losses, will face Murray.
